Former Miami Beach Mayor Alex Daoud wins legal battle against daughter over home

Former Miami Beach Mayor Alex Daoud gets emotional when talking about a lawsuit filed against him by his daughter for his house in June.
Miami Herald File

Former Miami Beach Mayor Alex Daoud gets emotional when talking about a lawsuit filed against him by his daughter for his house in June.
Miami Herald File

Former Miami Beach mayor-turned-convicted felon Alex Daoud does not have to move out of his home, a Miami-Dade judge ruled Monday.

In 2012, Daoud’s daughter Kelly Hyman filed a complaint against him that said she owned the corporation that bought the $1 million, two-bedroom, three-bathroom house in the 1700 block of Michigan Avenue. At the time, she said she owned the home because her name is on the incorporation documents of the company that bought the house in 2006.

She wanted her father out of the house and said her dad was trying to take away her corporation.

But Daoud said he had made all the payments on the home and put the corporation in his daughter’s name only to avoid publicity. He said the home was his and that he should be able to live there for the rest of his life.

Daoud’s attorney, Alex Brito, said “it was unfortunate a daughter would be compelled to sue her father.”

“We are very happy with the outcome,” he said.

Daoud said he felt “vindicated.”

“I still love her very much,” he said.

In 1991, Daoud was charged with 41 counts including bribery. He spent more than $1 million on his defense, lost his law license, was removed from office and got divorced. He made a deal with the government and wore a wire to help bring down others and reduce his five-year sentence. He was released from prison in 1995.